Beers that Brewers Would Drink Forever.

Glad to see the IPA's and pale ales getting some love from the brewers. If I had to pick one, it'd be Zombie Dust in a photo finish with PseudoSue. (ZD FTW because 12-ounce bottles.)

 

Couldn't agree more--I remember raiding the fridge after a hard and hot day's work at Ambrosia Chocolate in Milwaukee (1970) and finding it delicious. Of course part of that was the heat, my tiredness, etc., but it really was a rich and flavorful beer.

 

Yes, the circumstances matter, especially for industrial American lagers. On a hot August night in 1977, after I did some emergency mid-trip auto repair in Lincoln Nebraska, my wife and I went for a late dinner. We had a couple of Falstaff drafts that tasted better than seemed possible.

 

For craft beer drinkers it’s hard (for me anyway) to just pick 1 beer as the only beer option for rest of your life. I frequently get tired of the same great beer working through a Sixer for several days. If I could alternate each between 1 hoppy ale and a great lager, I could do that. Fresh Jai Alai or Zombie Dust for hoppy option. The Sam Adams Festbier really tasted good to me this fall. Not overly sweet like their Okoberfest, just really nicely balanced.

 

Every time I find myself drinking with brewers everyone seems to end up on Augustiner Helles or Rodenbach.

 

I second this. Yes, a lager is a given, but after the IPAs got "invented", there isn't any turning back.

 

i don't think that beer is sold in 16 oz cans (picture on the article is a 12 oz can). it's draft and 12 packs of 12 ounce cans as far as i know. that $7.99 price is from craftshack.com, they're most likely breaking up 12 packs. for reference, craftshack also sells brooklyn lager for $7.99/12 oz. craftshack is obviously smoking boatloads of crack, yes.

 

PtE for me, for sure.

Have a hard time believing someone would choose an orange gose to drink "forever."

 

Because they haven't transitioned to the new 'it' beer style of Juicy & Hazy IPA yet!?!

 

More that it's a very specific taste profile . . . I mean, to each their own.

 

I’ve given this a little too much thought already, but with the caveat that I hope to never actually have to put this to the test, I think I’d be ok with something like a Hans Pils out of Real Ale or a Live Oak pils, something just hoppy enough to scratch that itch but not something I necessarily need to think about.

 

I too enjoy those beers. And Austin Beerworks make tasty Pilsners too.

Maybe just create a 'category' of Hill Country Pilsners?

Cheers!

 

They don’t package in 16 oz cans. There is nowhere, quite literally, that this format and pricing is a thing. 12 ounce 12 packs. $25

What a weird thing to print and not, you know, fact check.

That said, I just finished one and I’m going to have another. It’s dynamite.

 

[Insert you favorite locally available) Helles. I brought a few bottles of Russian River Velvet Glow to share at the table tonight and received several comments about how tasty it is. Helles is a great compliment to dry (and even property cooked) turkey and many other dishes.

 

Then someone seriously screwed up printing that article. Still a rip off at $25 for a 12 pack though.

 

No way. Not in New England (or most parts of NY — not sure where you are at) where four packs of IPAs are $17+. In this case I’m getting eight more beers for that extra ~$8.

We need more 12 packs. And for a dark lager (and the pale for that matter) that good? Shit that’s a deal.

 

Most twelves I see are for under $20, but then again that’s more of the traditional standbys that have been on the market for a while. I think we may be looking through different lenses of what a bargain is, so to each their own. It is nice to see that lagers are more appreciated nowadays, and dark lagers especially, which are right in my wheelhouse.

 

You're right. There are many 12-packs for under $20. Of course you have Sierra Nevada and New Belgium hitting that price point, but the real outlier is Allagash who consistently prices their 12-packs under $20 (I believe it's $18.99 for 12-packs of White). Outside of that (and in the macro aisle), you're not getting 12 beers for $25.